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STORM WARNING FOR METAREA VIII (S)

ISSUED BY METEO-FRANCE/TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER/LA REUNION 23/01/2016

AT

0000 UTC.

WARNING NUMBER: 011/3 (SOUTH-WEST INDIAN OCEAN)



10 MINUTES AVERAGE WIND SPEED IN KNOTS (KT)

(WIND GUSTS AT SEA MAY BE ABOUT 40% STRONGER THAN THE AVERAGED WIND)

MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IN HECTOPASCAL (HPA)

(INDICATIVE FIGURE).



STORM WARNING

BEGINNING OF VALIDITY: SATURDAY 23/01/2016 AT 0000 UTC.



PHENOMENON: SEVERE TROPICAL STORM 3  (CORENTIN)  970 HPA

POSITION: WITHIN 20 NM RADIUS OF POINT 21.7 S / 71.7 E

(TWENTY ONE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES SOUTH AND

SEVENTY ONE    DECIMAL SEVEN   DEGREES EAST) AT 0000 UTC

MOVEMENT: SOUTH 10 KT



THREAT AREAS:

SQUALLY WEATHER WITHIN A 220 NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP

TO 600 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

STORM FORCE WINDS 50/60 KT AND HIGH TO VERY HIGH SEAS  EXTENDING UP

TO 60 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT AND UP TO 70 NM IN THE EASTERN

SEMI-CIRCLE.

GALE FORCE WINDS 35/45 KT AND VERY ROUGH TO HIGH SEAS WITHIN A 125 NM

RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 170 NM IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN

QUADRANT AND UP TO 180 NM IN THE EASTERN SEMI-CIRCLE.

NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS 30 KT AND ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WITHIN A 190

NM RADIUS FROM THE CENTRE, EXTENDING UP TO 290 NM IN THE

SOUTH-WESTERN QUADRANT, UP TO 330 NM IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN QUADRANT

AND UP TO 340 NM IN THE NORTH-EASTERN QUADRANT.

STRONG GUSTS UNDER SQUALLS.

FORECAST POSITION AND INTENSITY:

12H, VALID 2016/01/23 AT 12 UTC:

23.8 S / 72.1 E, MAX WIND = 65 KT,

24H, VALID 2016/01/24 AT 00 UTC:

25.7 S / 73.2 E, MAX WIND = 55 KT,



OTHER INFORMATIONS:

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